Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-21


/ abstinence of forty days from fc5d, the
brutal Sanhedrim, the heights of GoIgotha.
across which all the hatreds of earth and all,
the furies Of hell charged with their Iayonets.
ana then dare to say again that no me cares
for your soul.
A young man might as well ~ off from
home and give his father and mother no in
timation as to where he has gone and. cross
luz the seas, sitting down in sane foreign
country, cold, sick and hungry and lonely,
saying; My father and mothr don't care
ANYTHING about me-" Do not are ANYTHING
about him! Why, that fathers hair has
turned gray since his son wens off. He has
written 10 all the consuls in the foreign ports,
asking about that Does not the mother.
care anything about himl He has broken her
heart. She has never smiled since he went
away. All day long, and almost all night.
she keeps asking: where ishe? Where can
be bef He is the first thought in her PRAYER
and the last thought in her prayer. the first
thought in the morning and tho last at night.
She says: ooh, God, bring hack my boyl 1
must see him again before i die. Where is
hel must see him again before die" Oh.
do not his father and mother care for him9
You go away from your Heavenly Father.
uAA4 yOo tA11nA AO 0VSS IOb CdT6 IOE
you because you will not even read the letters
by which he invites you to come back, while
all heaven Is waiting, and waiting, and
waiting for you to return. A young man
said to his father: II am going of; win
write to you at the end Of seven years and
tell you where l ann Many years have
passed along since that son went away, and
for years the father has been going to the
depot in the village, on the arrival of every
train, and when he hears the whistle in the
distance he is thrilled with excitement, and
he waits until all the passengers have come
out, and then he waits until the train has
gone clear out OF sight again, and then he
goes home, Fastening back to the next train
and he will be at every train until that son
comes back, unless the son waits until the
father be dead. But oh, the greater patience
of God BE has been waiting for you, not seven
years, not nine years, but for some of you,
twenty years, thirty years, forty years, fifty
years - waiting, calling - waiting, calling
until nothing but omnipotent patience could
have endured it. Oh. my brother, do not
take the sentiment OF my text as your senGl-
ment. We do care for your soul. One Sab
bath night, years ago, in my church in Brook
Ign. young man appeared at tho end Of the
HAotloA u1iN AiG ittNc COUlo
off the sea-" / said: "When did you arrivein
Said he: Il came into port this afternoon.
was in great blow OF Cape Hatteras this
last week, and l thought that / might as
well go to heaven as to hell.
thought the ship would sink; but, sir,
l never very seriously thought about
my soul until tonight / said to him: "Do
you feel that Christ is able and willing to
H. I'll II Il
swell" ] said, "now are you willing to come
and be saved by Him" II am" he said.
"Well, will you now, in the prayer we are
about to offer, give yourself to God for time
and eternity2" 81 WILL" he said. Then we
knelt in prayer, and after we had got
through praying, he told me that the great
transformation had taken place. | could
not doubt it. He is on the sea now. l do
not know what other port he may gain or
lose, but think he viii gain the harbor Of
heaven
Star Of peace. beam DER the billow,
Bless the soul that signs for Thee:
Bless the sailors lonely pillow,
Far, far at sea.
Ii was sudden conversion with him that
night Oh, that it might be sudden CONVEX
sion with you to-day God can save you in
one moment as well as he can IN a century.
There are sudden deaths, sudden calamities,
sudden losses Why not sudden delivcrGnces!
Gods spirit is infinite in speed. He comes
here with onnipotent power, and he is ready
here and now, instantaneously and forever,
TO save your soul | believe that multitude
OF you will to-day come to God. / feel you
are coming, and you win bring along your
families and your friends with you.
They have heard in heaven already of
the step you are about 10 take. The
news has hc Der. cI-cd along the golden streets
and bes rung ont from the towers, "A soul
saved A soul saved But there is some,
one here to-day who will reject this gospel.
He will stay out of the kingdom of God him
self He will keep his family and his friends
out. 1t is dreadful thing for a man just to
plant himself in the way of life, then keep
back his children, keep back his companion
in life, keep back bis bl.-:ness partners-refuse
to go into heaven himself and refuse to let
offers go in.
a young RAN, at the close OF a religious
service, was asked to decide the matter of his
souls salvation. lie said: Il will not do it
tonight Well, the Christian man kept
talking With him, and he said: Il insist that
tonight you either take God or reject Him"
sAVell," sail the young man, 'if you put it
that way, win reject Him. There, now,
the m, tte.'s settled" On his way home on
horseback b llnewnot that tree had fallen
asl,ant the Dad, ard he was going at full
speed, and lie struck the obstacle and dropped
/ lifeless Flat night his Christian mother
heard theriderless horse plunging about the
barn, am mistrusting something terrible
was the natter, sue went out and came to
the placea,1sre her son lay, and she cried
out: @OhHenryl dead and not a Christian.
Oh, my so! my sonl dead and not a Christ
ian. Oh Henry! Henry! dead and not a
Christian God keep US from such catas-
trophe.
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